Bumper-beam, pilot, and coupling-pocket construction.



1. J. HARRISON & W. J. KNOX. BUMPER BEAM, PlLoT, AND ooUPLlNG POCKET GONSTRUCTIQN. APPLICATION FILED JAN. 1G, 1913.

1,071 ,1 55, Patented Aug. 26, 1913.

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IN VEN TORD WTNESSES:

A TTORN 5 F. J. HARRISON & W. J. KNOX. BUMPER BEAM, PILOT, AND COUPLINC POCKET CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.1G,1S13.

Patented Aug. 26, 1913.

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WI TNE SSE S A TTOR N E Vg P. J. HARRISON L W. J. KNOX. BUMPER BEAM, PILOT, AND COUPLING POCKET CONSTRUCTION.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 16, 1913.

` 1,071,155, Patented Aug.26, 1913.

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FREDERICK J. HARRSON ANI) W'ILLAM J'. KNOX, OF DUBOIS7 PENSYLVANIA,

B'UIVIPER-BEAIY. PILOT, AND COUPLNG-POCKET CONSTRUCTION.

Application fumi January 16, 1913,

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Serial No. 742,425.

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The compl?? puclwt to be usla/il with the lmmpm liz-m mi" FifIS. i, :1mi 3, illusl in l :,fs. 5. (l, and 7. such pool-it' mnsixilii of :i lisis@ oli; plaie 1332 :mii ai Sachet 1mi-1 ion i4. 4Tim rmiiffsw@ of the plaie l5 isY pril'vizlmi will] the 'finir of pmjvciois nr twill :ulnp'cfl in engage the ricesses il] :il 111e couter of the bumper hmm, :md aib linceul the edg of tlm plat@ 13, the sims 1G :1i-o pioviilvfl for flac rlffepliori of the bolts: fm' securing (he pmfkvi 'o the fave of the lxzim. The pmlei ig Shown in position upon lw lwnm in Fig?. :1mi 9 0f the draw ing. tlm" .qm-lofi wing lwie Shown as heid in ilsA lmvos 5w ii'imi if fiz'ljusiment b v means: Hf ilw 'ii-nih if will lv? S8012 ilmi ik@ pnfkfi l?. 30. 2l, and such brackets being pro Y vided with the slots 23 for the reception lo ot seein-ing, bolts 24, which bolts also Vpass through the holes t) and l() in the body portion'otlt-he bumper beam l (Fig. l0). The end members fri' the trameot `the pilot are also provided with other slots l located be- 13 lowithe slots 325i, which slots receive bolts 2G also passing;l through the holes El in the depending brackets and .3 `(Vig. l0). rear faces ot the braekels lf). Q0. 2], and 2Q are provid/ed with the projeetions or teeth QT o adapted toennage the reeerses i' at the front ot the buniikiejr bean', This arrangement provides wfor thrf verlieal adjustment ofthe, piloiy tosnit varyii'm' conditions.. the slots in the pilot perjnittiim uch adj istment. The

'; engagementlot ther pmjeetions or teeth with the recesses serves to serurely maintain the .pilotiagainstjrertioal or lateral movement, 'and ren'mves the str'ain o't' suppf-rrting the `piloti. fr `mllhefbols. The use of the breekets 2. 3, 4. and :7 in connection with the brgicke Vl?. 20. 2l, and Q2. serves to provirlei' an extended bearing: area between the beaml and' ther`pilot. thus ailordingr a secure support for the pilot. y ln Figs. l2, i3. and 14, a modified type ot' construction is illustrated, the bumper beam being'in `said construction made part of woedanrl part ot metal, instead all of metal. n The met/aliportionsQS and '29 of the beam tit. fr.) ,around the 1'wood member 30, the bolts extending" through the holes 3l serving Vto maintain all three parts in fixed relation. The portion is provided as in the other type o'l` construction, with the downwardly l5 projeetinF brackets Q, 3', 4', and 5 above which are the pockets or recesses 7 for ren eeiving the 'projections upon the rear side ofv the pilot. The central portion of thefbeam is also provided with the series of `recesses .5o l1. for .receiving the projections at the back of a coupler pocket. The upper edge of the metal portion is provided with lianges 32 tilting over the top of the wood beam 50 and held in position by means of the bolts 3P so (Fig. l2). Similarly the lower portion ot' i the part is provided with rearwardly eX- tending flanges ill opposite the brackets Il. al", and 5. and these brackets are scoured by means ol' bolts 35 (Fig. lQlwhieh extend o0 vertinally clear through the ybeam l0 andl the, i aeket 34. The bolts 3?, are also preterabli' extended clear through the beam 30 andhefbraelnfts and 34.

l-laingthus 'described our invention and said bearingv surface, interengaging projee tions and recesses on the bumper beam and pilot, and means for securing the said tace. against the surface.

ln eombination, a bumper beam com prising a belly portion and a brackel projeeing downwardly fromsaid body pori tion. a pilot having its rear surface 1n en- 'The l gagement with the said bracket and the body portion above the bracket, securing n mns extending through tlje pilotI and the. bracket; other securing means extending through the pilot and the body of the beam, slots beingV provided for the said securing meansl to permit of the vertical adjustment of the pilot, and the said pilot and beam havingr a plurality of interengae'in; recesses and projections whereby the pilot is supported against vertical movement independent of the said securingr means.

il. ln combination, a bumper beam com-I prising a metal body portion having at its central portion` a series of engaging means arranged one above the other ertipally and adapted to engage a coupler pocket and provide for a vertical adjustment thereof. the said beam also having on either side of sain series of engaging means other vertical series of engaging means adapted to engage a pilot and permit of its vertical adjustment.

4. lnveombination, a bumper .ieam comprising a,y metal body1 portion havingspaced along, its front side a plurality of vertical series of engaging means adapted to Coperate with other means on a pilot and prevent vertical and lateral movement thereof when the pilot is fitted against the front t' the beam. the said means servingT to provide a means for vertically adjusting the pilot.

5. In combination,` a bumper beam of metal, and a pilot. the said beam and pilot having on their opposing surfaces coperatinfar recesses and projections for le'r'igaeiiigf such recesses, the said recesses being arranged in va plurality ot vertical rows and the projections being similarly arranged in a plurality ot vertical rows, whereby the.

pilot may be adjusted vertically and held against lateral and vertical movement;

l. In rombinatien, a bumper beam ot' met al, a pilot` and means for Clamping the pilot to the beam. the said beam and pilot having on their opposing f surfaces (-,operating recesses and projections `ior engaging@ sach regesses, the, said recesses being a1'- lill) llt) ranged 1n a plurality of vertical rows and the projections being similarly arranged in a plurality of vertical rows, whereby 'the pilot may be adjusted vertically and held against lateral and vertical movement.

vv'Zr-In combination, a bumper'beam having a series of depending brackets with a series of` engaging means extending upward on the beam above the brackets, and a pilot having a' plurality of engaging means on its rear side spaced so as to mterengage with the other engagin means to permit a vertical adjustment o the pilot, and bolts for securing the pilot with 1ts rear face in contact with the beam and the said brackets.

8. In combination,I a bumper beam having a series of depending brackets, and a p` ot having a series of u wardly projectingvertcal y slotted-brac ets opposite the brackets carried bythe beam, bolts extending' through the slots in the brackets for securing the pilot to the beam, vertical tooth and recess! means being provided on the opposing faces of the pilot andbeam to permit of the vertical adjustment of the pilot and-to hold the pilot against vertical and lateral movement independent of the said bolts.

9. In combination, a cast bumper beam having itsface provided at its central portion with a vertical series' of holding means adapted to interlock with engaging means on a coupler pocket and provided adjacent the said series of holding means with bolt holes for receiving bolts extending through the coupler pocket.

In testimony whereof we have hereunto signed our names in the presence of the two subscribed witnesses.

F. J. HARRISON.

`WM. J. KNOX.

Witnesses: v

HARRY T. SMITH, O. G.` MCNAUGH'DON.

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